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In our school, Science Fair participation was only for students of 3rd, 4th, and
5th grade. But from this year we will be also conducting science fair for KG, 1st
and 2nd Grades.
Some parents and teachers have expressed their concern that the projects for
K-2 levels are mostly done by adults and kids participation is minimal as kids in
this age group do not completely understand the concepts.
However I think science experiments should be done at all ages and could be
made such that the kids participation and interest can be developed at earlier
stage.
The idea is to have Guided Science project for the younger kids.
Introduction
I have prepared a list of sample projects that are just right for the
kindergarteners as well as 1st grade.
The projects I have selected are doable by the KG and 1st graders and most are
based on their curriculum.Most of the project material can be found in your
homes.There are innumerable ideas that could be compiled as needed and can be
found through the online resources.
With collective efforts and with parent volunteers we can come up with lots
similar projects ideas to make this a very successful event.
This will also be helpful in getting us parents involved in school activities.
Introduction
As seen in the picture, draw
the five senses. Get items
that resemble the senses. Ask
kids to identify the senses
and briefly explain them to
the audience.
Five Senses
Get a big bowl with some
water in it.Show and Put few
items that can float or sink.
Eg:clip,nail,bottle
cap,plastic ball,rubber
band,coin etc...
Sink or Float
Take three glasses.Put two
different color water in two
glasses keeping the middle glass
empty.Put Two paper towels in
each colored water glass,putting
the other end in the empty
glass.Slowly you will see the
water
Walking Water
Make two big poster paper
cutouts of a tooth and glue
pictures of good and bad
foods for your teeth.
Tooth Food
Take two bottles.Add blue in
one and yellow in second.Hold
them in front of each other
to see two primary colors
make a secondary color.
Blue plus Yellow
Fill up a bottle with water
and hold it above ground. The
bottle represents a cloud.
pierce the bottle and you
will see that all the water
will pour out. This shows how
water falls out of clouds
because of gravitational
force.
Raining Water
Just fill several glasses
with water and tap them with
a spoon, and you’ll have a
genuinely beautiful-sounding
musical instrument
Glass Harmonica
clear glass container jingle bells carbonated soda ( Sprite) at room temperature
Just add Jingle bells in a clear jar filled with Carbonated Soda and see the magic.
Rainbow Jar
Get the Planets coloring
pages for the kids to
identify and let them color
the planets according to the
color of the planets (follow
picture ).Tell the names and
color of each planet and any
characteristics.
Planets
A clean and empty tin can
Crushed ice
Water
Salt
Instructions:
Fill the tin can about half full with ice and add some salt and
water.
Wait and watch the frost form.
Attach snowman face and arms to create Frosty the SnowCan!!!
Frosty the SnowCan
Blow two balloons.Rub it
against wool sweater and then
hold the balloon near the
objects shown in the
picture.Observe which objects
stick to the balloon and
which did not.
Static Electricity
To diffentiate between tastes
like
Sweet,Sour,Bitter,Salty,spicy
and different textures
like’Soft,Hard,Crunchy.
Taste Checker
Sort Buttons with
Colors,size,Numbers(physical
properties)
to determine common and
uncommon things.
Size Matters
Smell and guess the fruit or
vegetable.Put each of them in
a small jar and tell the
names.
Smell N Guess
Bring seeds of fruits and
vegetables like
Orange,Apples,Grapes,Strawber
ry,Lemon,Avacado,Pumpkin,Cant
aloupe,watermelon etc and try
to recognise them.
Seeds anyone!
Add
beans,pebbles,sticks,pins,
small legos in the opaque
containers to hear and guess
the sound of these objects.
Shake and hear
Soak different kinds of beans
in water overnight and let it
sprout for another day...take
pictures or bring the
sprouted beans on the project
day and show it off...
Beans Sprouts
Use a wide plastic disposable
bowl on top of a large see
through jar. Make holes in
the bowl.Slowly pour water in
the bowl.See rain effect
falling down in the
container.
Homemade Rain
Show different body parts.
Challenge:Show other body
parts such as
Chin,Nostrils,Earlobe,Elbow,
Pupils,Scalp,nails,etc...
Body Parts
Get a bird Chart.See,read,
explain and learn the
names,sounds they
make,color,size and
characteristics.
Birds
Get a Domestic animal
chart.See,read, explain and
learn the names,sounds they
make,color,size and
characteristics.
Domestic Animals
Get a Flower chart and point
all the names.See,read,
explain and learn the
names,color,size,shapes and
characteristics.
Flowers
Get a wild animals chart or
cutting from the magazine and
point all the names.See,read,
explain and learn the
names,sounds they
make,color,size and
characteristics.
Wild Animals
Collect different types of Sea Shells and identify their color,shape and other visual properties.
Sea Shells
Cut out monster shaped
figures and write different
kinds of addition expression.
Let the kids put googly eyes
and do this fun math.
Monster Eye Addition
Make few playdough balls and
stick foam numbers on it.
Let the kids see the number and
stick the beads/buttons/sticks
on it.
Enjoy the fun
Playdough Math Fun
Cut off the top inch of a carrot.
2. Place the top in a shallow dish, and add enough water so the
carrot tops are halfway covered.
3. Set the dish in a sunny windowsill. In a few days you should
see little green sprouts appearing.
4. Check every day, water, and document the growth with few
pictures.
5.Get the carrots and the pictures to the Science fair.
Carrot Sprouts
Get a wild animals
chart and point all
the names.
Dinosaur Project Get your different kinds of Dinosaur toys or card board chart
to identify and name all Dinosaurs.
Challenge:
Get the Spellings and dates right for any one of your
favourite Dinosaur.
Put Organic Sweet Potato in a
jar of water to see them
sprout.Document the
observation with pictures and
get the jar and pictures to
show off at the fair.
Get a world map chart and
point all the names.
Count the countries according
to the colors.
Countries surrounding USA
Get couple of magnets and a
compass.
Also get few iron nails,paper
clips,safety pins plastic
clips,wooden pieces .See
which pieces stick to magnet
Also determine the North
direction with the help of
compass.
Play with Magnets
Get some ice cubes….
Let it turn into water…
Get a hot water in thermos…
Show all these matter
Solid-Liquid-Gas
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